Re: [Boost-users] Why is there somuchco-dependencyinBoost?Is there anything to be done about it?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Why is there somuchco-dependencyinBoost?Is there anything to be done about it?
From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-09-06 15:06:14

Alex Perry wrote:
> On 06 September 2012 18:54 Robert Ramey [mailto:ramey_at_[hidden]] wrote

> According to
> http://www.boost.org/development/requirements.html#Documentation "
> The format for documentation should be HTML, and should not require
> an advanced browser or server-side extensions. Style sheets are
> acceptable. ECMAScript/JavaScript is not acceptable."
>
> Not sure quite why such a explicit refusal of javascript but I
> imagine there were (at least) good reasons for this so may be worth
> some discussion to see if the reasons are still extant before doing
> any work.

That is/was the original policy from many years ago.  In the case of the
navigators for serialzation and io streams, no one has requested
enforcement of this policy.

Basically this should be modified to permit javascript compatible
with know browsers.

BUT - if the "navigator" is factored out as a seperate, optional,
boost book compatible component, the original policy isn't
violated any more as the original boost documentation
web pages wouldn't contain any javascript.  Maybe another
reason why this would be a good idea.

Robert Ramey

> Alex